The much-hyped and long-discussed Blue Blake’s
Cowboy rides into town this month, and it is well
worth the wait. Superstar Caesar, who has been keeping a low
profile as of late, is back onscreen in the lead role of
Cowboy O’Connor, a pumped-up bodybuilder who hits the
road. Along the way he encounters twinks such as Rhett
O’Hara (supercute) and Dane Brando (who also shows
promise). But Cowboy has a secret, and it takes the love of a
good man to draw it out.

When we first see Cowboy, he is waking from a restless
sleep, haunted by dreams of man-sex. This leads to
Caesar’s oral scene with O’Hara. These two
tattooed lover boys complement each other perfectly. Too bad
they don’t get around to fucking. Oh well, maybe next
time. Cowboy proceeds to rob poor little O'Hara before
heading out of town. He is picked up by Brando, who
inexplicably flashes back to the family mechanic (Sal
Lombardi) fixing his father’s truck. This scene makes
no sense in the scheme of the story, but the built Lombardi
is so beautiful and delivers such a juicy cumshot, any lapses
in the plotline are forgiven.

Back to the story, we learn that loner Cowboy has lost his
entire family in a fire. Brando offers to help by putting him
to work on his ranch and ends up sucking his dick. This is a
beautiful outdoor sequence (shot by Andre Adair), as Caesar,
looking bigger and bulkier than ever, gives a focused,
ferocious performance. He pounds Brando on a table, on a
chair and then splooges on his face. This scene will have
viewers reaching for the rewind button. There is also a sweet
montage of Cowboy and Brando bonding and forming the sort of
relationship that we sense Cowboy is rarely open to.

The affections of the fledging lovebirds don’t go
unnoticed by farmhands Tom Katt and Evan Taylor. They
speculate on the nature of the new relationship before
getting busy themselves, enjoying a strenuous fuck on a
tractor. Katt, who is one of porn’s longest veterans,
still looks great and knows how to work his scene partner (in
this case, a buff Taylor) and the camera. It’s always
fun to see a seasoned pro like Katt at work.

In the next scene, we get to the heart of Cowboy’s
family secret with a steamy shower threeway featuring Staten
McCormack, Kelly Madison and Ray Stone. This one is for all
the manly men lovers out there. It is the nastiest scene in
Cowboy, but still maintains the sexual tension that
builds throughout the video. (One quibble about this scene:
Cowboy says that this flashback happened "years ago," so
we’d like to know why his father, uncle and cousin are
all wearing very current Ralph Lauren Polo undies!)

After a fun cameo from director Blake as Detective Cooper, a
no-nonsense gumshoe who wants answers to the tough questions,
we get a high-energy chase scene that ends with another hot
coupling, which this time has Caesar bottoming for sexy cop
Brad Rock. We won’t give away the mystery (or surprise
ending) here, but Caesar’s final chilling moments
certainly earns him a Best Actor pre-nom.

Superstars don’t get much more versatile than Caesar,
who is utterly believable on both ends of a fuck. If there is
any question about whether he can still headline a video,
Cowboy will surely puts those doubts to rest. His fans
will eat this one up (and its attractive box cover) with a
spoon.

Blue Blake’s Cowboy is a neat little thriller.
It is lovely to look at, has a meaty story line, good
performances and, most important, hot man action. It is also
nicely edited by Michael Zen. We even like the catchy
"Cowboy" theme song by Rock Hard (maybe because it sounds
like it was inspired by Madonna’s own dancing-cowboy
video, "Don’t Tell Me") .

Pre-noms across the board: Best Gay Video, Best Supporting
Actor (Dane Brando), Best Editing (Michael Zen), Best Music
(Rock Hard), Best Art Direction, Best Videography (Andre
Adair), Best Oral Scene (Caesar/O’Hara), Best Sex Scene
(Caesar/Brando), Best Screenplay (Blake), and Best Director
(Blake).